Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans

Don't let's be beastly to the Germans
 Now our victory is ultimately won
 Let us treat them very kindly
 As we would a valued friend
 We might them out some bishops
 As a form of lease and lend
 Let's be sweet to them
 And day by day repeat to them
 That sterilization simply isn't done
 Let's sweetly sympathize again
 And help the scum to rise again
 But don't let's be beastly to the Hun
 We must be kind
 And with an open mind
 We must endeavor to find a way
 To let the Germans know
 That now the war is over
 They are not the ones who have to pay
 We must be sweet
 And tactful and discreet
 And now they've suffered defeat
 We mustn't let them feel upset or ever get the feeling
 That we're cross with them or hate them
 Our future policy must be to reinstate them
 Don't let's be beastly to the Germans
 For they're civilized
 When all is said and done
 Though they gave us science, culture, art, and music, to excess
 They also gave us two world wars and Dr. Rudolph Hess
 Let's be meek to them
 And turn the other cheek to them
 And try to arouse their latent sense of fun
 Let's give them full air parity
 And treat the rats with charity
 But don't let's be beastly to the Hun
 Don't let's be beastly to the Germans
 You can't deprive a gangster of his gun
 Though they've been a little naughty
 To the Czechs and Poles and Dutch
 I can't believe those countries
 Really minded very much
 Let's be free with them
 And share the BBC with them
 We mustn't prevent them basking in the sun
 Let's soften their defeat again
 And build their bloody fleet again
 But don't let's be beastly to the Hun